Tag Archives: Data Theft

US military spied on Planned Parenthood, civilian phone calls

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: February 27, 2010
John Byrne/RawStory United States military intelligence spied on Planned Parenthood and other domestic groups as part of US security preparations for the 2002 winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, according to a recently declassified military document obtained by a civil liberties group Thursday.
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Federal Judge Orders Schools To Stop Laptop Spying

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: February 24, 2010
kdawson/Slashdot CWmike writes: “A federal judge on Monday ordered the Pennsylvania school district accused of spying on its students to stop activating the cameras in school-issued MacBook laptops. According to the original complaint, Blake Robbins was accused by a Harriton High School assistant principal of ‘improper behavior in his home’ and shown a photograph taken by his [...]
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Official: FBI Probing Pa. School Webcam Spy Case

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: February 22, 2010
CBS 21 Feb 2010 PHILADELPHIA (CBS3/AP) — A Pennsylvania school district accused of secretly switching on laptop computer webcams inside students’ homes is under investigation by federal authorities, a law enforcement official with knowledge of the case told The Associated Press.
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Lawsuit: School gave kids laptops to spy on them at home

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: February 21, 2010
Raw Story/Daniel Tencer 19 Feb 2010 Students in a Philadelphia-area school district have launched a lawsuit accusing their schools of spying on them at home through webcams installed in laptop computers the district gave them.
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More than 75,000 computer systems hacked in one of largest cyber attacks, security firm says

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: February 21, 2010
Washington Post 19 Feb 2010 More than 75,000 computer systems at nearly 2,500 companies in the United States and around the world have been hacked in what appears to be one of the largest and most sophisticated attacks by cyber criminals discovered to date, according to a northern Virginia security firm.
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250,000 White House Staffers, Visitors Affected by National Archives Data Breach

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: January 27, 2010
Kim Zetter/Wired A data breach at the National Archives and Records Administration is more serious than previously believed. It involved sensitive personal information of 250,000 Clinton administration staff members, job applicants and White House visitors, as well as the Social Security number of at least one daughter of former Vice President Al Gore.
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Massive TSA Security Breach As Agency Gives Away Its Secrets

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: December 10, 2009
There are no accidents. Someone somewhere wants to get this information out there for a reason. Online Posting Reveals a “How To” for Terrorists to Get Through Airport Security BRIAN ROSS and MATT HOSFORD/ABC In a massive security breach, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) inadvertently posted online its airport screening procedures manual, including some of the most [...]
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CIA Invests In Firm That Datamines Social Networks

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: October 21, 2009
Slashdot Tuesday October 20 An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from Wired: “In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the CIA and the wider intelligence community, is putting cash into Visible Technologies, a software firm that specializes in monitoring social media. It’s part of a larger movement within the spy services to get better at using ‘open source intelligence’ [...]
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